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2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$15,219 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,736 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree School for You

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the #109 most popular major in the country with 1,624 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for pastoral counseling students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the pastoral counseling doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Pastoral Specialized Ministries

#1

Ashland University

Ashland, OH

Our 2023 rankings named Ashland University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their doctor’s degree. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Ashland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ashland are $6,972 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means McCormick Theological Seminary is a great value for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their doctor’s degree. McCormick Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at McCormick Theological Seminary are $9,410 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Lisle, Northern Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Northern Seminary graduate students pay an average of $13,929 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, LSTC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at LSTC are $19,755 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Trinity International University - Illinois. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Deerfield.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TIU Illinois are $17,780 per year.

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Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges by State

Explore the best pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 107
Illinois 185
Ohio 37
Indiana 41
Wisconsin 8

One of 7 majors within the area of study, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Biblical Studies 1,052
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Religious Education 687
Missionary Studies 423

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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